* add a cookie auth system for the rpc endpoint
* fix rand import
* fixes based on cookie method research
* add and use `cookie_dir` config, rpc client changes
* add missing dependency
* add a enable_cookie auth option to config and use it in all tests
* get rid of the unauthenticated method
* change config in qa python tests to run unauthenticated
* change return types in cookie methods
* change comment
* fix(rpc): Refactor the cookie-based RPC authentication (#8940)
* Refactor the cookie-based RPC authentication
* Rephrase docs
* Apply suggestions from code review
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* clippy
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* add halving interval to regtest and to custom testnet
* add nuparams.py rpc test
* fix inconsistency in nu6 name in rpc methods
* rename `halving_interval` to `pre_blossom_halving_interval` in the config
* make fixes
* Suggestion for "feat(regtest): Add regtest halving interval and port test" (#8894)
* adds `height_for_halving_index()` and `num_halvings()` fns
* avoid unnecessary panic
* avoid using constant pre/post blossom halving intervals in num_halvings()
* make regtest and testnet constant more private
* move `height_for_halving_index`
* fmt
* add a `funding_stream_address_change_interval` method
* add checked operations to `height_for_halving_index` fn
* add post_blossom interval as paramneters + other refactors
* rename function
* fix docs
* move constant
* Updates `new_regtest()` method to return a Testnet without funding streams, updates funding stream setter methods to set a flag indicating that parameters affecting the funding stream address period should be locked, updates the setter methods for parameters that affect the funding stream address period to panic if those parameters should be locked. (#8921)
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* move the rpc-tests framework from zcashd
* ignore pycache
* remove all tests from the list except getmininginfo
* iimprove a bit the readme
* change some env variable names
* add cache, add reindex test
* fix the paralell framework
* fix env variables
* change tests order
* update docs with env variable name change
* fix binary location
* reduce base config
* restore env var
* ignore stderr in the output
Alfredo Garcia